The fall of the kingdom of God means the fall of the gods, and Calvin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after observing the fall of the stars that represented the 'plague'.

However, now is not the time to relax!

When the plague god dies, the pyramid of power will also collapse, although according to the news from all over the world, the plague god detonated the plague in his followers while he was in his dying struggle, reaping the power of fear.

But the ensuing outbreak of the plague was enough to make them anxious, and to this day they still haven't counted how many territories and how many people have been affected.

Although most of the Plague Church's forces are spread across the Mendez continent, there aren't many Plague Cultists on the Empire's side, but that's enough to make them feel irritated.

Even though all the churches in the country have begun to respond to the disaster, they are working hard to produce an antidote to the plague, but the supply is always in short supply.

The plagues broke out at the same time, leaving them little time, which meant that they had to give up some to save the lives of others.

But...... It's a must-do, too!

Calvin clenched his cane and stood silently beside the railroad tracks, watching the tracks stretch into the distance to the foot of a mountain that the commoners of the imperial capital called 'the Land of Sunrise'.

Now the sun had not yet risen, the sky was overcast, and the cold winter winds seemed to have blown from the north in advance, bringing news of the completion of the railway, and the news that Gregory was returning from the north in a steam locomotive.

The loud 'boom' of the wheels of a steam locomotive as they rolled over the tracks sounded in my ears, and the whistle on the roof of the car also made a piercing whistle......

Close your eyes and you'll be able to hear.

Because his hands and feet were still a little stiff and it was inconvenient to dress, Calvin stood on the locomotive platform with a coat draped over his shoulders and a cane, silently waiting for the elites of the manufacturing department and R&D department to return from the north.

The cold wind of late autumn blew the hem of his clothes down to his calves, and he took a deep breath of the icy air, and the notoriously researched maniac in aristocratic circles closed his eyes with a slight tingle, calming his brain a little.

He hadn't had a good night's sleep for seven or eight days, and he had only been able to get three or four hours of sleep a day, and the rest of the story had been tormenting his unfortified spirit.

Since it was only a test run, and the platform was not connected to the city, there were only a few people on the platform who were preparing for it, and they were the last people in the R&D and manufacturing departments who could find time to inspect the locomotive, and even a few who had not been in contact with steam locomotives before.

But there is no way, there is news from all over the world, after the plague, it may be that the devil or demons will wreak havoc on the world, which is destined to happen after they decide to give up some people, and it cannot be avoided!

Woo~~

'It's coming!' Calvin opened his tired eyes and turned his head sharply.

A loud whistle pierced the sky and reached his ears.

Turning his head, the sun was slowly rising, and now half of it had passed the top of the mountain, and at the foot of the mountain, a column of slender black shadows was speeding by.

It looked like a huge monster, and the researchers around him stopped their preparations and stared into the distance in a daze.

The behemoth spitting smoke is approaching at high speed, and the suffocating feeling is difficult for people living in this era to experience, even if they live in the imperial capital, living in one of the most developed cities in the world, but now what appears in front of them is the 'limit of manpower' - it is a mechanical creation that only ordinary people can complete independently.

The existence of mages is just the icing on the cake, with the steam engine, ordinary people can build more advanced furnaces, smelt more advanced steel, even without the help of mages, a group of ordinary people without any power can make it, but it will take more time.

From the moment the steam engine was introduced, the world should have changed dramatically, but the existence of supernatural forces has delayed this change to this day......

'Even a powerful mage can't do it to this extent, right?' people thought to themselves.

A legendary mage may possess a half-plane, and if they are willing to let outsiders into their lab, go to other places through Advanced Teleportation, and then release people to that extent...... But would those noble legendary mages do that?

Will they willingly be sent to the task?

Put the steam locomotive and the legendary mage in front of two different kings for them to choose, the weak king will choose the legendary mage, but the king of the big country will definitely choose the steam locomotive.

Because their empire has enough 'legends'!

Isn't this an epoch-making invention that connects the rest of the empire and strengthens ties between them, and that this invention comes from the hands of their 'R&D Department' and 'Manufacturing Department', isn't that enough to make people's blood boil?

Everyone on the platform craned their necks and looked at the steam locomotive with solemn eyes.

At this time, they seemed to be able to see that the person sitting in the car was also looking at them from a distance.

As the steam locomotive approached, the roar of 'boom boom' rang in each of their ears, but it didn't make them feel pain, but it made them more excited.

Squeak - squeak -

Bright sparks had erupted from the place where the wheels came into contact with the rails, and some of Calvin's people had already exclaimed, because they had not been involved in the construction of the steam locomotive, they did not know that the steam locomotive was braking, and they thought that something was wrong with the car.

"Shut up, cough cough ......"

Calvin said lightly, and then his throat itched, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

The whistle drowned out his voice, and eventually, the test run of the steam locomotive ended with the exclamations of the people.

There are only two railroad tracks between the two platforms, one is 'go' and the other is 'back', and there is only one train for 'going' or 'returning' at the same time.

At the end of the platform is a bend through which two locomotives travel back and forth between the imperial capital and the northern metropolis.

When the steam locomotive had completely stopped, the people who had been locked in the carriages poured out.

This trip will not bring back so many people, this is only the first batch, and there will be several more to come, but fortunately, Grigory has returned.

Carrying a small suitcase, a frowning Gregory stepped out of the first carriage, pinching his stiff shoulders - to be honest, the experience of the test run was not very good.

Even though the carriages were loaded with benches, leaving only one passage that barely allowed one person to pass, even so, the carriages were still very crowded.

The space in the carriage was not fully utilized, and when they sat down, there was a lot of space above their heads, and they had to hold their suitcases when they sat in the car, which was a bit unpleasant, and maybe he could try to add a board on top of the carriage to put his belongings.

The door needs to be opened manually, so a lock should be attached to the door, and only the crew can have the key, so that passengers don't have to worry about opening the door.

The windows can't be fully closed, otherwise the air in the carriage will not circulate, and he hates the smell in the previous compartment.

There is also the need to add a section of toilets, otherwise......

A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gregory was ready to finish them all, and when he looked up, he saw his friend, who had become tired.

After noticing Gregory's gaze, Calvin yawned, "If it's okay, I'll leave the work to you, I haven't slept well for a few days, I'll make up for it......"

“...... Hmm!" The taciturn head of the manufacturing department bowed slightly, and then whispered, "This time, I have worked hard for you. ”

Calvin, who turned to leave, didn't look back, just waved his hand behind him.

Only each other can understand the patriotism of the reciprocal ones, and they are different from those old aristocrats.

Now that this matter is nearing the end, it is time for them to deal with those annoying old nobles!

They hoped that the railroad would one day spread across the land of the Empire.